Meaning of Katrina | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Catherine; variant form Katrine.
2. The 11th tropical storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which caused catastrophic damage to Louisiana, Mississippi and parts of Alabama.
3. A large-scale disaster, especially one with negative political consequences.
   US, metonymically

Examples

““It’s disaster capitalism,” the Aleph said. “All the profiteering that went down post-Katrina. It was in 2005. You’re probably too young to remember that hurricane.””

“Is coronavirus Donald Trump’s Katrina?”

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